Lacing-stud



(No Model.)

BRAY.

LAGING} STUD.

No. 301,332. Patented July 1, 1884.

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LAClNG -STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,332, dated July 1, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MELLEN BRAY, of N ewton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lacing-Studs, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of lacing-studs for boots, shoes, gloves, and other articles, and to the mode of applying them to the articles to be laced; and it consists in a novel construction of the stud, and in the combination of said stud with a washer or plate of peculiar shape, which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings, and to the claims to be hereinafter given.

Figuresland 2 are respectively an inverted plan and a central vertical section of the partially-formed stud. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the finished stud. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a central vertical section and a plan of a washer or circular plate to be used in connection with said stud. Fig. 6 is a central vertical section through a stud set in a piece of material in connection with the washer shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a central vertical section and a plan of a slightly modified form of washer or circular plate, and Fig. 9 is a central vertical sec tion through a stud set in combination with the washer or plate shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

In carrying out my invention, I first form the blank, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, substantially as described in Letters Patent No. 256,116, granted to me August 11, 1882, except that the shank a is set eccentric to the inner collar, 1), instead of concentric, as in said patent, and the shank a may be drilled out before bending the neck 0 to bring the head d over the collar 1), instead of after said bending, as described in said patent. The neck 0 is then bent to bring the head d over the shank a and collar b; but the blank is-so shaped and proportioned that the head (I projects some distance beyond the collar 1), as shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 9. A circular disk, 6, provided with an opening, a, to receive the shank a of the stud, and located eccentric to the circumference of said disk, is provided as. a means of more securely attaching the stud to thin elastic material like glove-kid. The disk '6 is struck up in suitable dies to form upon its upper side a crescent-shaped raised surface, a. concentric, or nearly so,with the opening 0, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 7, and 8. The object of this raised surface e is to raise the leather or other material at or near the outer edge of the head d nearer to said head, so thatthe lacingcord will have to be compressed, and the leather or other material as well, in order that the lacing-cord may enter the space between the head d and collar b and engage with the neck 0, and at the same time diminish the liability of fringes,laces, and other clothing catching on the lacing-studs.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A lacing hook or stud provided with a tubular shank, a, set eccentric to the collar Z), and having the head d arranged to project beyond said collar upon the side opposite to the neck 0, substantially as described and shown.

2. In combination with alacing stud orhook, a washer or disk provided with an aperture to receive the shank or fastening portion of the stud, and with the raised surface 6-, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 7th day of May, A. D. 1884.

B'IEIJLEN BR AY.

iVitnesses:

N. (I. LOMBARD, \VA LTER IE. LoMmi-w. 

